NewsRoom Digest: Top NZ News Items for September 28, 2015

This edition of NewsRoom_Digest features 9 resourceful links of the day and the politics pulse from Monday 28th September.

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Top stories in the current news cycle include a West Auckland teenager being held in police station cells for four days because Child, Youth and Family could not find a bed for her in a youth justice facility, a survey showing labour market confidence has turned sour and is at its lowest level in three years because of slow wage growth and the High Court being told the Government’s refusal to release information about the Trans-Pacific Partnership is unlawful and constitutionally dangerous.

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POLITICS PULSE

Media releases issued from Parliament by political parties today included:

NZ WINEGROWERS SCHOLARSHIP: New Zealand Winegrowers has announced the names of nine successful sommeliers who will participate in the inaugural Sommit Scholarship, held in New Zealand from 30 January to 6 February 2016. Read more: http://www.nzwine.com/sommelierscholarship

PACIFIC YOUTH AWARDS: The search is underway to find some of the country’s highest achieving Pacific young people.The 2015 Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Awards offer the chance to highlight the success of young Pacific people in New Zealand. Applications are now open and close on 2 November, 2015. More details are available herehttp://www.pacificyouthawards.org.nz

SETTLING IN FUNDING: Not-for-profit organisations working directly with refugees and recent migrants can apply for Settling In funding from today. More information can be found here: http://www.ethniccommunities.govt.nz

TUVALU LANGUAGE WEEK: The theme of Tuvalu Language Week, which began yesterday, is Tau gana ko tou Iloga – Language is your Identity. A list of events marking Tuvalu Language Week can be found at http://www.mpia.govt.nz

WORLD RIVERS DAY: To mark World Rivers Day last Sunday, regional councils are released their latest water quality data on the Land, Air, Water, Aotearoa website, which this year includes lake quality monitoring. LAWA can be accessed on nttp://www.lawa.org.nz

YEAST IN WINE: A new study has found yeast plays more of a role in the taste of wine from different regions than previously thought. A team of scientists from the University of Auckland and the UK reported in the journal ‘Scientific Reports’. Read more: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep14233

And that’s our sampling of “news you can use” for Monday 28th September.

Selwyn Manning, BCS (Hons.) MCS (Hons.) is an investigative political journalist with 23 years media experience. He specializes in reportage and analysis of socioeconomics, politics, foreign affairs, and security/intelligence issues.
Selwyn has extensive experience as a commentator and has provided live political analysis to a wide range of television and radio organizations broadcasting in New Zealand, Australia and globally including the BBC (Five Live, London) and BBC (World Service). He is currently a correspondent to Australia's FiveAA radio, and is a regular live-on-air panelist on Radio New Zealand's The Panel with broadcaster Jim Mora.